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Simrad SH90 Reference manual

Reference manual
TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES
www.simrad.com
Simrad SH90
Fish nding sonar
SimradSH90
Thismanualprovidesyouwithreferenceinformation requiredtooperateandfullyunderstandthecommands, menus,operationalmodesandoptionsprovidedbythe SimradSH90.Foruserinformationinbrief,refertothe SimradSH90Operatormanual.
WARNING:TheSimradSH90sonarmustneverbe poweredupwhentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducer willbedamagedifittransmitsinopenair .T oprevent inadvertentuseofthesonar ,pulloutthemainsplugon theProcessorUnitwheneverthevesselisindrydock.
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Documenthistory
Documentno:323775/Revisjon:A/ISBN:978-82-8066-124-1
Rev.A10.05.2010
Firstrelease.ReleasedforSW2.1.X.
Copyright
©2010KongsbergMaritimeAS TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentremainsthesolepropertyofKongsbergMaritimeAS.Nopart ofthisdocumentmaybecopiedorreproducedinanyformorbyanymeans,andtheinformationcontained withinitisnottobecommunicatedtoathirdparty,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofKongsberg MaritimeAS.Thedocument,oranypartofit,maynotbetranslatedtoanyotherlanguagewithoutthe writtenapprovalfromKongsbergMaritimeAS.
Disclaimer
KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentiscorrectandfairly stated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.
Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichit wasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury topersonnel.Theusermustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbefore attemptingtoinstall,operateorworkontheequipment. KongsbergMaritimeASdisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproper installation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
Supportinformation
Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Y oucanalsocontactususingthefollowing address:contact@simrad.com.Ifyouneedinformationaboutourotherproducts,visitourwebsite.On thewebsiteyouwillalsondalistofourdealersanddistributors.
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Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.....................................................11
SIMRADSH90.................................................................12
Importantmatters...................................................................................................12
Basicinformation...................................................................................................13
Mainunits...............................................................................................................13
Wheelhouseunits........................................................................................14
Sonarroomunits.........................................................................................15
Systemdiagram......................................................................................................17
Basicfunctionality..................................................................................................17
Omnibeam.................................................................................................18
Stabilisationsystem....................................................................................19
Reception...................................................................................................20
Transmission..............................................................................................21
Optionalfunctionality.............................................................................................21
Scienticoutput..........................................................................................22
Peripheralequipment..............................................................................................22
Supportinformation...............................................................................................23
GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................24
OperatingPanel....................................................................................................24
Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................25
Howtoswitchonthesonar..........................................................................25
Howtoswitchoffthesonar.........................................................................26
Howtoperformbasicoperations...........................................................................27
Echopresentationandmenu........................................................................27
Themenustructure.....................................................................................29
Controlthecursor.......................................................................................30
Menubuttons..............................................................................................30
Changingaparametervalue.........................................................................31
Visualaids..............................................................................................................32
Commoninformationonthedisplay............................................................32
Movingtheboundarylines..........................................................................33
Cosmetics...............................................................................................................33
On-linehelp............................................................................................................36
OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................38
Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................38
Howtoswitchonthesonar..........................................................................38
Howtoswitchoffthesonar.........................................................................39
Menuprocedures....................................................................................................40
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Howtohidethemenu.................................................................................40
Howtosimplifythemenu...........................................................................40
Gainadjustmentprocedures...................................................................................41
Howtoadjustthegain.................................................................................41
HowtoadjusttheAGC...............................................................................42
HowtoadjusttheRCG...............................................................................42
HowtoadjusttheTVG...............................................................................43
Howtoadjustthedisplaygain.....................................................................43
Modeprocedures....................................................................................................43
Howtoselectoperationalmode...................................................................43
HowtodenethefunctionoftheModebuttons............................................44
Howtosorttheoperationalmodes...............................................................44
Markersandsymbolsprocedures...........................................................................45
Howtoadd’Target’and’Circle’markers.....................................................45
Howtoaddan’Ownship’symbol...............................................................46
Howtoadda’Gear’symbol........................................................................46
Howtoinvestigatemarkerandsymbolinformation.......................................47
Howtodeleteamarkerorsymbol................................................................48
Storageprocedures.................................................................................................48
Howtostoresonarimages...........................................................................48
Howtorecallsonarimages..........................................................................50
Howtokeepsonarimages...........................................................................51
Howtodeletesonarimages.........................................................................51
Howtorenamesonarimages.......................................................................51
Howtoprintsonarimages...........................................................................52
HowtoburnsonarimagesonaCD..............................................................52
HowtocopysonarimagestoaUSBmemorystick.......................................53
Automaticsearchandtrackingprocedures............................................................54
Howtostartthehorizontalsearchprogram...................................................54
Howtostarttheverticalsearchprogram.......................................................54
Howtoenablepositiontrack.......................................................................55
Howtoenabletargettrack...........................................................................55
Howtoaddatargettrackingline..................................................................56
Usersettingprocedures..........................................................................................57
Howtosavethecurrentusersetting.............................................................57
Howtoloadausersetting...........................................................................57
Howtorenameausersetting.......................................................................57
Howtodeleteausersetting.........................................................................58
Howtoloadthefactorysettings...................................................................58
Installationofoptions.............................................................................................58
HowtoaccesstheInstallOptionsdialog.......................................................58
’InstallOptions’parameterdialog................................................................59
Addingoptionalfunctionality......................................................................59
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Softwareprocedures...............................................................................................60
Backupandrestore.....................................................................................60
CreatingabackupimageDVD....................................................................60
RestorefromabackupimageDVD..............................................................60
HowtoreactivateyourWindowslicense......................................................61
DISPLAYMODES.............................................................67
Howtochoosedisplaymode..................................................................................67
Bowup...................................................................................................................69
Bowup/Audio........................................................................................................70
Bowup/V ertical......................................................................................................71
Bowup/DualV ertical.............................................................................................72
Bowup/180°V ertical.............................................................................................73
Truemotion............................................................................................................74
Truemotion/V ertical...............................................................................................75
Northup..................................................................................................................76
Dual1.....................................................................................................................77
Dual2.....................................................................................................................78
270°/Vertical...........................................................................................................79
OPERATINGPANEL.........................................................80
’Mainswitch’eld.................................................................................................81
’Symbol’eld.........................................................................................................82
’Mode’eld............................................................................................................84
’Gain’eld.............................................................................................................84
’Range’eld...........................................................................................................85
’Cursor’eld..........................................................................................................85
’Train’eld.............................................................................................................87
’Tilt’eld................................................................................................................88
’Various’eld.........................................................................................................90
MENUDESCRIPTIONS.....................................................91
Aboutthemenus.....................................................................................................91
Activemenus..........................................................................................................92
Horizontalmenu.........................................................................................92
Verticalmenu.............................................................................................94
Vertical180menu.......................................................................................95
Displaymenu.............................................................................................97
Setupmenu................................................................................................98
Objectsmenu............................................................................................100
Temporarymenus.................................................................................................101
Cosmeticsmenu.......................................................................................102
Store/Recallmenu.....................................................................................103
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SystemTestmenu.....................................................................................104
SortModesmenu......................................................................................106
Pop-upmenus.......................................................................................................106
Viewpop-upmenu....................................................................................107
CatchViewpop-upmenu..........................................................................108
Objectpop-upmenu..................................................................................108
Viewmenus..........................................................................................................110
GeoViewmenu..........................................................................................110
VerticalViewmenu.....................................................................................111
CatchViewmenu.......................................................................................112
Messages..............................................................................................................113
Warningsmenu..........................................................................................114
OperatorAlarmsmenu...............................................................................115
SystemAlarmsmenu.................................................................................116
Errorsmenu...............................................................................................117
PARAMETERS................................................................118
Abouttheparameterdialogs.................................................................................118
Alphabeticallistofparameters.............................................................................120
Parameterdescriptions.........................................................................................121
About.......................................................................................................121
AGC........................................................................................................121
Beam.......................................................................................................122
Bearing(Display).....................................................................................123
Bearing(Horizontal).................................................................................124
Bearing(V ertical).....................................................................................125
ColourThreshold......................................................................................125
Colours....................................................................................................126
DataSource..............................................................................................127
Dateandtimeproperties............................................................................128
DeadReckoning.......................................................................................128
DefaultSetting.........................................................................................129
Density....................................................................................................130
DirectionIndicator....................................................................................130
DisplayGain............................................................................................131
EditGear(Purse)......................................................................................132
EditGear(Trawl)......................................................................................133
EditSchool...............................................................................................134
ExternalSynchronisation...........................................................................134
FishAlarm...............................................................................................135
Gain.........................................................................................................137
Gear.........................................................................................................137
Heading...................................................................................................138
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InspectObject...........................................................................................139
Language.................................................................................................140
Menu.......................................................................................................141
MessageBar.............................................................................................141
MiddlePos(ition)......................................................................................142
Mode.......................................................................................................143
ModeButtons...........................................................................................144
Movements..............................................................................................144
NoiseFilter..............................................................................................145
Palette......................................................................................................146
PanelBacklight........................................................................................146
PPFilter...................................................................................................147
PulseForm...............................................................................................148
Range......................................................................................................150
Range(CatchView)...................................................................................151
RCG........................................................................................................152
Recall......................................................................................................153
RecallMode.............................................................................................153
Ruler........................................................................................................154
Scale........................................................................................................155
SchoolData..............................................................................................156
ScienticOutput.......................................................................................156
SearchSector............................................................................................157
SearchStep..............................................................................................158
SlantRange..............................................................................................158
Speed.......................................................................................................159
Stabilizer..................................................................................................160
Status.......................................................................................................161
Store........................................................................................................162
StoreMode...............................................................................................163
TargetTrack.............................................................................................164
Tilt...........................................................................................................165
Tip...........................................................................................................166
TrackHistory...........................................................................................167
TrackWindow..........................................................................................168
Transducer...............................................................................................168
TRUOn/Off.............................................................................................169
TrueRange...............................................................................................171
TVG........................................................................................................171
TXPower.................................................................................................172
Units........................................................................................................172
UserSetting..............................................................................................173
WindDirection.........................................................................................174
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Zoom.......................................................................................................175
ZoomScale..............................................................................................176
BASICTHEORY..............................................................177
Settings.................................................................................................................177
WhatisTVG?..........................................................................................177
WhatisAGC?..........................................................................................178
WhatisthePPFilter?................................................................................178
Aboutpulseformandlength......................................................................178
Aboutbeamwidths...................................................................................178
AboutGain...............................................................................................179
WhatisRCG?..........................................................................................180
Abouttilt..................................................................................................180
Noiseandreverberation........................................................................................181
Cavitation.................................................................................................181
Reverberation...........................................................................................182
Blocking..................................................................................................183
Checkthenoiseyourself!..........................................................................183
Layersanddeections..........................................................................................184
Temperatureandsalinitylayers..................................................................184
Deections...............................................................................................184
ON-BOARDMAINTENANCE............................................186
Preventivemaintenanceschedule.........................................................................187
Regularormonthlybasis...........................................................................187
Everythreemonths...................................................................................187
Whenindrydock.....................................................................................188
Afterdrydocking......................................................................................188
Wheneverrequired....................................................................................188
Wheelhouseunitson-boardmaintenance.............................................................189
Colourdisplayon-boardmaintenance........................................................189
ProcessorUniton-boardmaintenance........................................................189
OperatingPanelon-boardmaintenance......................................................189
TransceiverUniton-boardmaintenance...............................................................190
Ambienttemperatureandhumidity............................................................190
TransceiverUnitcleaning..........................................................................190
TransceiverUnitfuses...............................................................................190
TransceiverUnitHeatExchanger...............................................................191
TransceiverUnitserviceableparts..............................................................191
PowerSupplyUnitmaintenance..........................................................................192
PowerSupplyUnitcleaning......................................................................192
PowerSupplyUnitserviceableparts..........................................................192
PowerSupplyUnitfuses...........................................................................192
HullUnitmaintenance..........................................................................................193
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Hullunitfamiliarization............................................................................194
MotorControlUnitfamiliarization.............................................................195
FusesintheMotorControlUnit.................................................................196
Hoistingandloweringfromthesonarroom................................................197
Motorprotectingswitch(S301).................................................................201
Dockingthevessel....................................................................................201
Cleaningthetransducer.............................................................................203
Airbleeding.............................................................................................205
Hullunitlubrication..................................................................................206
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ABOUTTHISMANUAL

Aboutthismanual
Purpose
Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethe descriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameterexplanations requiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimradSH90, aswellasathoroughunderstandingofthesystemparameters andadjustments.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsis essentialtofullytakeadvantageofthefunctionalityprovided. Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically,anditisnot possibletoidentifysettingsthatwillprovidethebestdataat alltimes.Carefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualis highlyrecommended,preferablywhileexploringthesystem’s functionality.
Systemoperationisadynamicactivityrequiringregular adjustmentsandnetuningtoachievethebestpossibleresults undervaryingenvironmentalconditions.
Softwareversion
Thismanualcompliestosoftwareversion2.1.X.
Registeredtrademarks
Windows,WindowsXP ,andWindows7areeitherregistered trademarks,ortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnited Statesand/orothercountries.
References
ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimrad SH90.EnglishmanualsareprovidedwiththeSH90whenitis shipped.Whenavailable,manualsinotherlanguagesmaybe downloadedfromh
t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .
•SimradSH90InstallationManual,English[323776]
•SimradSH90OperatorManual,English[323773]
•SimradSH90ReferenceManual,English[323775]
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Importantmatters

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradSH90.
Topics
•Importantmattersonpage12
•Basicinformationonpage13
•Mainunitsonpage13
•Systemdiagramonpage17
•Basicfunctionalityonpage17
•Optionalfunctionalityonpage21
•Peripheralequipmentonpage22
Aswithalladvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportant mattersabouttheSH90thatyoumustremember.
Beforeyouswitchonthesonar
Beforeyoupowerupthesonar,makesurethatyouhavesufcient waterdepthtolowerthetransducer!
Whenthesonarisnotinuse
Toprotectthesonarwhenitisnotinuse,westronglyadviceyou tohoistthetransducer,eventhoughyoumaynotswitchoffthe power.Innarroworshallowwatersthisisveryimportant,since youmay-inworstcase-runthetransducerintothebottom. Thiswilldamagethetransducerandthetransducershaft,and extensiverepairisrequired.
Whenyoudockthevessel
Itisveryimportantthatthesonarsystemremainss whenthevesselisindrydock.Ifthetransducerissubjected totransmitpowerwhenitisinopenair,itwillbedamaged. Asasafeguardingmeasure,youcanremovethepowerfuses onthesonarsystembeforethevesselisdocked.Asanextra safeguardingmeasure,thesonarisbydefaultpoweredupwith thetransmitpowerswitchedoff.
Manualoperationofthehullunit
w i t c h e d o f f
Intheeventofimproperoperation,thepowerful3kWelectric motormaycauseseriousdamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury topersonnel.
Therefore,b therelevantprocedure(s).Y ouwillthenfamiliarizeyourself withthemethod.
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Ifyouthinkthatsomethinghasbeendamagedonthesonar, contactyourlocaldealerforadvice.

Basicinformation

TheSimradSH90isanomnidirectionalhighfrequencysonar.
Itisdesignedforallsizedshingvessels,bothpurseseiners andtrawlers.
Theoperationalfrequencyis114kHz.Thecylindrical multi-elementtransducerallowstheomnidirectionalsonarbeam tobetiltedelectronicallyfrom+10to–60degrees.Thisallows youtoautomaticallytrackschoolsofsh,andtoobservethe wholewatervolumearoundthevessel.Astabilisingsystemis includedforelectronicpitchandrollcompensation.
Greatemphasishasbeenplacedongivingthebestpossible presentationsonahighresolutioncolourdisplay .
TheSH90ProcessorUnitiscontrolledbyMicrosoft’sWindows
®
XP
operatingsystem,whichresultinaexiblechoiceofdisplay
modesforalargerangeofuserapplications.
Thesignalprocessingandbeamformingisperformedinafast digitalsignalprocessingsystemusingthefulldynamicrange ofthesignals.
Inadditiontothetraditionalsinglefrequencytransceiversystem, theSimradSH90containsanadvancedfrequencymodulated ltersystem(FM).

Mainunits

TheSimradSH90comprisesthefollowingunits:
Normallyinstalledinthewheelhouse:
•DisplayUnit
•OperatingPanel
•ProcessorUnit
•OperatingPanelpowersupply
Normallyinstalledinthesonarroom:
•TransceiverUnit
•PowerSupplyUnit
•HullUnit
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Wheelhouseunits

DisplayUnit
Thecolourdisplayisahigh-resolutionmonitor.Inaddition tothesonarpicture,themonitorwillalsodisplaythemenu systemfortheinteractiveoperation.Inordertoeasethesituation comprehension,certaincolourshavebeenchosentobetterthe distinctionbetweenthevariouselementsinthepresentation.
Thecolourdisplayisnotapartofthesonardelivery,anditmust bepurchasedlocally.
OperatingPanel
Figure1OperatingPanel
TheOperatingPanelcontainsallnecessarycontrolfunctionsfor normaloperationofthesonar.
Thecontrolsarearrangedinlogicalfunctiongroups,thisgivesa clearandeasyoperation.
Notethatallsonaroperationcanalsobemadeusingthetrackball ontheOperatingPanelandthemenusystem.Y oucanalsousea standardcomputermouse.
ProcessorUnit
TheProcessorUnitisamarinecomputerbasedontheMicrosoft WindowsXP®operatingsystem.Itisdesignedforruggeduse.
Thecomputerisbasedonacommercialdesign,butthesoftware andhardwarehasbeenspeciedandassembledbySimradtosuit theSH90requirements.
ThecomputerholdsaDVDplayerforusewithfuturesoftware upgrades.
Figure2ProcessorUnit
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Thepurposeofthiscomputeristoallowyoutocontrolthesonar. Thecomputerservesseveralfunctions.
•Itcontrolstheoveralloperationofthesonarfunctions.
•Itprovidesthegraphicpresentationofthesonarmodesand echoes.
•Itholdsthemenusystem.
•ItcommunicateswiththeOperatingPaneltoreadthebuttons andtrackballmovements.
•Itperformstheadvancedsignalprocessingandbeamforming requiredtopresenttheinformationonthedisplay.
•Itcommunicateswithperipheraldevicesandsensorsusing seriallines.
•ItcommunicateswiththeTransceiverUnit.
OperatingPanelpowersupply
Asmallpowersupplyisimplementedtoprovidestand-bypower totheOperatingPanel.Thepowersupplyisconnectedtothe ProcessorUnit.

Sonarroomunits

TransceiverUnit
TheSH90TransceiverUnitislocatedinthesonarroom,closeto theHullUnit.
Thetransceiverperformsthetransmissionandreceptioncontrol ofthe480transmittersand480receiverchannels.16identical transceiverboardsareused.Adedicatedpowersupplyis providedtosupplytherequiredDCvoltagestothetransceiver. OneEthernetcableisusedforcommunicationwiththeProcessor Unitinthewheelhouse,andasecondEthernetcableisusedto controlthehullunit.ThethirdEthernetcableconnectstothe PowerSupplyUnit.
Thetransducercablesfromthehullunitarepluggedintotheside walloftheTransceiverUnitcabinetusingaspecialplug.
TheTransceiverUnitismountedonthebulkheadusingpowerful shockabsorbers.Theconnectorsforpowerandinterfaceare locatedatthebottomofthecabinet.
PowerSupplyUnit
Adedicatedpowersupplycabinetisusedtoprovidethe TransceiverUnitwithoperationalpower.
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WARNING
Thepowersupplycabinetcontainshighvoltages. DonotopenthecabinetdoorwhiletheSH90is switchedon.
HullUnit
TheHullUnitisdesignedtolowerthetransducer1.0meters belowtheship’shull.
Thetransducercanalsobeloweredtoanyselectedmiddle position.Incaseofvoltagefailure,thetransducercanberaised orloweredmanuallybymeansofahandcrank.
Thesensorfortheelectronicstabilisationofthesonarbeams ishousedintheMotorControlUnit,whichismountedonthe HullUnit.
WARNING
Ifthetransducerhitslargerobjectsorbottom,the transducershaftmaybebent,or-inworstcase­itcanbebrokenoff.Abrokentransducershaftwill causewaterleakagethroughthetopoftheshaft.
Insuchcases,d itsupperposition.
Topreventseriousdamage,youmusthaveawater pumpandawarningsysteminthesonarroom.
Transducer
o n o t raisethetransducershaftto
ThecylindricalTransducerallowsthesonarbeamtogivefull 360degreescoverageofthewatervolumefrom+10anddown to-60degrees.
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Systemdiagram

Figure3SH90Simpliedsystemdiagram
AProcessorUnit
BDisplayUnit
COperatingPanel
DOperatingPanelpowersupply
ETransceiverUnit
FPowerSupplyUnit
GMotorControlUnit
HHullUnit
ITransducer
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Basicfunctionality

ThebasicprinciplesoftheSimradSH90areuniquebecause ofthe480transmitterand480receiverchannelswiththeir transducerelementsspreadaroundonthecylindricaltransducer.
Thetransmission,receptionanddataprocessingareunder computercontrol,andthepowerfulcapabilitiesofthesonarare theresultsofsophisticateddigitalsignalprocessingsoftware andstateofthearthardware.
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Omnibeam

WhentheOmnibeamistilted,thetotalbeampicturecanbe comparedwithfoldinganumbrella,whichmeansthatallbeams in360degreesaroundthevesselhavethesametiltangle.
Figure4Omnibeamprinciple
Thebeamcanbetiltedfrom+10upto-60degreesdown.
Inadditiontoseeingthetargetfromabove,itisalsopossible toseethetargetfromtheside,byusingtheverticalslice presentation.Inthiscasethebeamcoversacontinuousvertical beamfrom0to-60degreesinonetransmission.
Figure560degreesverticalslice
Thisverticalslice,whichispresentedbythewhiteaudioline inthehorizontalpicture,canbeselectedtoanybearingbythe manualtrainingcontrol.ThecombinationoftheOmnimode andtheverticalslicewillgiveanoptimalvisualizationofthe catchsituation.
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Figure6Omni/verticalcombination
InadditiontotheOmnipicture,theverticalsliceisespecially usefulforvisualizingtheverticaldistributionofaschoolof sh.Inthatway,itisnotnecessarytogooverthetargettosee thedistributionontheechosounder,whichoftenresultsina spreadingoftheschool.

Stabilisationsystem

TheSimradSH90isprovidedwithastabilisationsystem.
Whenthebeamstabilizerisactivated,bothhorizontaland verticalbeamswillbestabilizedelectronicallyforrollandpitch movementsupto±20degrees.Thebeamdirectionwillthen changecontinuouslyaccordingtothevessel’smovements,and secureanoptimalcontactwiththetargetseveninroughseas.
Figure7Stabilisationsystem
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Reception

Agreatefforthasbeenmadetoreduceunwantednoisetogeta cleanandstableechopresentation.T oachievethisgoalthesonar receiverhasthefollowinglteringpossibilities:
•FMCorrelationlter
•AGC(AutomaticGainControl)
•RCG(ReverberationControlledGain)
•Ping-to-pinglter
•TVG(TimeV ariableGain)
•Noiselter
FMCorrelationlter
TheFM(frequencymodulation)isasweepinfrequencies. Thereceiverltersoutthosesignalsthatarethesameasthe transmitted.Thisprovidesalteringeffect,whichefciently reducesinterference,noiseandreverberation.Inadditionto givingacleanandstableechopresentation,thiswillnormally alsoincreasethesonar’sdetectionrange.Theadvantageof theFMcorrelationlteristhatitretainsthehighresolutionin rangewithlongpulselengthsandhighenergy,andthatitisnot sensitivetomovingtargets.
AGC(AutomaticGainControl)
TheAGC(AutomaticGainControl)sensestheecholevelin severaldirections,andusethisasabasisforadjustingallthe receiverbeams.TheAGCwillthusprovideautomaticscaling ofthedatainordertomaintainproperdynamicrangebasedon allechovalues
Thestrengthoftheltercanbeselectedinthemenu.
RCG(ReverberationControlledGain)
TheRCGfunctionadjustthepicturetominimizeinuencefrom bottomandsurfacereverberation.
Thestrengthoftheltercanbeselectedinthemenu.With maximumstrengthisselected,theRCGwilleffectivelyreduce thebottominshallowwater,whilevariationsonthebottom willbedisplayed.Notethatscatteredshcanbeperceivedas reverberation.TheRCGltermustthereforebeusedwithcareif scatteredschoolsaretobedetected.
Ping-to-pinglter
TheeSimradSH90isequippedwithaping-to-pinglter(PP Filter)toprovideacleanandsteadypresentationbyreducingthe interferenceandnoise.Thisltercomparestheechoesfroma
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selectedamountoftransmissions(pings),andanechohastobe presentintheselectedamountofpingsinordertobepresented onthedisplay .
Notethatinroughseas,whenthebeameasilycanmissthetarget inseveralpings,thePPFiltermustbeusedwithcare.
TVG(TimeVariableGain)
TheTimeV ariableGain(TVG)functioncontrolsthegainof thereceiversothataschoolwithagivensizeanddensityis presentedwithapproximatelythesamestrengthonthedisplay, insidetheregulatedTVGrange.Thiscanalsobeseenasalter, becauseitreducesthenoiseclosetothevessel.Theregulated strengthoftheTVGcanbeselectedinthemenu.
Noiselter
Thenoiselterisdesignedtoremoveunwantedacousticnoise fromthesonarpicture.Itwillreducetheinterferencefromother acousticsystems(sonarsandechosounders)onyourownvessel andfromothervesselsinthevicinity.Itwillalsosuppressthe noisefromyourownpropellersandfromothersimilarnoise sources.

Transmission

ThetransmissioniscontrolledfromtheProcessorUnit.The parametersyouhavechosenaretransferredtotheTransceiver UnitbymeansoftheEthernetcable.
TheTransceiverUnitcontains480transmitterchannelswhich aredistributedon16identicaltransceivercircuitboards.Each transmitterchannelisindividuallyloadedwiththeparametersfor therelevanttransducerelementposition.Theparametersinclude poweroutputandtimedelaytoformabeamwiththeselected beamangle.
Whenthestabilisingsystemisactive,thetiltangleforeachbeam willautomaticallybecorrectedrelativetothevessel’spitchand rollmovements.

Optionalfunctionality

TheSimradSH90isasingle114kHzsonarwithbeam stabilisation.
Theoptionsdescribedbelowarepreprogrammedintothe standardsoftwareversion,andacodewordisrequiredtomake theactualoptionavailable.
•Scienticoutput
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Peripheralequipment

Scienticoutput
TheScienticOutputisdesignedforresearchpurposes.When activated,thefollowingdataareavailableonanEthernet(LAN) output:
•Beamdata
•Targetdata
•Ownshipdata
•Geardata
Thescienticoutputoptionmayalsoincludesoftwarefora ScienticDataLogger.
TheSimradSH90requiresconnectiontoaspeedlogandacourse gyro.Aninaccuratelogorgyroinputwillcauseinaccurate indicationofthevesselandtargetmovements.
Inadditiontologandgyro,thefollowingperipheralequipment canbeconnectedtothesonar:
•A(D)GPSmaybeconnectedtothesonartoestablishthe vesselspositionandprovidecursorandmarkerlatitudeand longitude.
•ASimradcatchmonitoringsystemwillprovidethenetdepth indigitsandbarsonthecatchdatapresentation.
•Simradtrawlinstrumentation:
–SimradFS70,FS900andFS3300:Thetrawlwillbe
displayedincorrectdepth.
–SimradITI:Thetrawlwillbedisplayedincorrectsize,
depth,distanceandbearing.
•Acurrentmetersystemwillindicatethecurrentspeedand directionforuptothreedifferentdepthsinthesonarpicture.
•Aradiobuoysystem(GPStype)willprovidethegeographical positionofthebuoy(s)inthesonarpicture.
Forconnectionofanyofthisperipheralequipment,contactyour localdealer.
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Supportinformation

IfyouneedadditionaltechnicalsupportforyourSimradSH90 youmustcontactyourlocaldealer,oroneofoursupport departments.
Norway(Mainofce)
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:+4733034000
•Telefax:+4733042987
•E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . s u p p o r t @ s i m r a d . c o m
•Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . n o
Spain
•Address:PoligonoPartidaT orres38,03570Villajoyosa, Spain
•Telephone:+34966810149
•Telefax:+34966852304
•E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . s p a i n @ s i m r a d . c o m
•Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . e s
USA
•Address:1921033rdA veW,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA
•Telephone:+14257121136
•Telefax:+14257121193
•E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . u s a @ s i m r a d . c o m
•Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m
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GETTINGSTARTED

OperatingPanel

Pleasendthebasicinformationrequiredtogetyoustartedup withtheSimradSH90.
Topics
•OperatingPanelonpage24
•Poweron/offproceduresonpage25
•Howtoperformbasicoperationsonpage27
•Visualaidsonpage32
•Cosmeticsonpage33
•On-linehelponpage36
Themostfrequentlyusedfunctionsaredirectlyaccessiblebythe designatedcontrolbuttonsontheOperatingPanel,andmayenter operationalcommandsdirectly.
Thebuttonsaregroupedineldsaccordingtotheirpurpose. Mostsonarfunctionsarealsoaccessibleandactivatedusingthe menusystemonthedisplayandthetrackballandSelectbutton ontheOperatingPanel.
Figure8OperatingPanel
AMainswitch:Powerthesonaron(andoff),lowerandhoist
thetransducer
BSymbol:Controlthetargetmarkersprovidingexactlatitude
andlongitudepositioning.
CMode:Selectyourfavouritedisplaymodeorusersetting
withthepushonabutton.
DGain:Separategaincontrolforhorizontalandverticalsonar
presentation.
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Poweron/offprocedures

Gettingstarted
ERange:Separaterangecontrolforhorizontalandvertical
sonarpresentation.
FCursor:Menuandcursorcontrol.
GTilt:Easycontrolofthesonar’stiltangle,orstartautomatic
searchprogram.
HV arious:Storeinterestingscreencaptures,andzoominon
details.
ITrain:Manualcontrolofbeamtraining,startautomatic
searchandtrackingprograms.
Theseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchthesonarsystemonand off.Theoperationismadeusingthebuttonsontheoperating panel.
Figure9OperatingPanel

Howtoswitchonthesonar

1PressthePowerbuttononthecolourdisplaymonitor.
2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit
depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.
•Thegreenlampontherightsideofthebuttonwillash toindicatedthatthepowerhasbeenswitchedon,andthat thecomputerisstartingup.
•Afterashortperiodyouwillseethesonarpictureon thedisplay.
•IfthesonarsystemhasbeendisconnectedfromAC power,theProcessorUnitmustbestartedmanually.Use theon/offswitchbehindthelidonthefrontpanel.
3Checkthatthewaterdepthbeneaththekeelissufcientto
lowerthetransducer.
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4PresstheDownbuttononthecontrolpaneltolowerthe
transducer.
•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerislowered.
•Whenthelowerpositionhasbeenreached,thelamp willbelitcontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,and thetopbuttonintheStatusparameterdialogshows
Transducer:Down.
•Bydefaultthetransmitpowerisdisabledwhenthe sonarispoweredup.Thisisforsafetyreasons.Onthe
Horizontalmenu,youwillseethattheTXpowerbutton
ashestoremindyouofthis.
5ClicktheTXpowertoselectFull.

Howtoswitchoffthesonar

1PresstheUpbuttonontheOperatingPanel.
•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerishoisted.
•Whentheupperpositionhasbeenreached,thelampwill illuminatecontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,andthe upperbuttonintheStatusmenushowsTransducer:UP.
2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit
depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.
3Switchoffthedisplaymonitor.
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Howtoperformbasicoperations

Gettingstarted
4Pleasenote:
•Ifthesonarisswitchedoffuncontrolledwiththe transducerinitsloweredposition,thetransducerwill normallybehoistedautomaticallyafterapproximately oneminute.Y oumusthoweververifythatthistakes place.Ifthetransducerisn beraisedmanuallybymeansofthehoist/lowerswitchin theMotorControlUnit.Ifmainspowerislost,youcan alsousethehandcrankprovided.
Observethisbriefproceduretofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe basicoperationswithechopresentationsandmenuoperations.
o t hoistedautomatically,itcan

Echopresentationandmenu

1Oncethesonarsystemisupandrunning,observethelayout
ofthedisplaypresentation:
•Onther
•Onthel
Figure10Basicmenu(A)andechopresentation(B)
i g h t side,observethemenusystem(A).
e f t side,observethesonarechopresentation(B).
2OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubutton(located
abovethelargetrackball).
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3Onthedisplay,observethatthemenudisappears.
Whenthemenuisremovedtheechopresentationisextended tocovertheentiredisplay.
4Usethetrackball,andmovethecursorovertotheleftor
rightsideofthedisplay.
5Observethatthemenureappearsontheselectedside,and
thattheremainingechopresentationareaisn
o t re-scaled.
6Movethecursortowardsthecentreofthedisplay ,and
observethatthetemporarymenudisappears.
7OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttononemore
time,andobservethatthemenureappears.
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